U.S. title: Recollections of the Yellow House
A tenant at a boarding house is obsessed with the owner's daughter. He leads a colorless life, without money and with health problems. He gets involved with a prostitute. He eventually loses his sanity.
An examination of poverty and everything that accompanies it. The main character at one point defines himself as "a leftist intellectual". It is a pointed joke, for, if he really were that, he would probably be leading a much more comfortable life than he is. Like its protagonist, the film is a very poor production, but, unlike him, transcends that lack of means with artistic imagination. There are some interesting reviews of this film, here and, for those who read Portuguese, here and here.
Rating: 65
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